North Korea has requested the U.N. Security Council not probe alleged human rights violations by Pyongyang, but instead investigate what it called “brutal” and “medieval” abuses by the U.S. In a letter late Monday, North Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam said rights accusations against the North are “fabricated” and “not at all relevant” to […]
BEIJING—The United States frequently voices concerns about human rights abuses in China and North Korea. But now, both nations are taking Washington to task after a U.S. Senate report said the CIA tortured suspected terrorists. Late Tuesday, in apparent anticipation of the report’s release and World Human Rights Day, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency argued […]
An Egyptian court has sentenced four members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death for the killings of protesters at their headquarters last year. At least 12 people were killed and more than 90 wounded when a mob stormed the building in Cairo during the anti-government uprising. Egypt’s top religious official must uphold Sunday’s court […]
Disaster struck in the waters 150 miles to the northwest of St. Matthew Island just after 8 pm Sunday evening when the 1,590 ton trawler 501 Oryang took a wave over the deck, flooding the boat’s cargo holds and sinking it, as crews were hauling back gear. The 326-foot vessel was fishing for Pollock with trawl […]